Ghs low level laser therapy at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$41.31
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$81.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$0.36 with first choice vs $2,392.43 with confluence health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| first choice | commercial | $0.36 | ↓ -99% |
| cigna | commercial | $15.14 | ↓ -63% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $15.17 | ↓ -63% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $15.59 | ↓ -62% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $15.59 | ↓ -62% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $15.59 | ↓ -62% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $15.59 | ↓ -62% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $15.59 | ↓ -62% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $15.76 | ↓ -62% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $15.76 | ↓ -62% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $15.76 | ↓ -62% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $16.37 | ↓ -60% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $25.64 | ↓ -38% |
| premera | commercial | $30.34 | ↓ -27% |
| regence | commercial | $34.03 | ↓ -18% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $39.16 | ↓ -5% |
| aetna | commercial | $51.03 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $59.81 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $64.80 | ↑ +57% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $1,629.60 | ↑ +3845% |
| confluence health | medicare advantage | $2,392.43 | ↑ +5691% |
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Ghs low level laser therapy at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | not published | $72.53 – $72.53 |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | not published | $127.57 – $127.57 |
| Providence St Mary Medical Center | Walla Walla | not published | $28.86 – $28.86 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | not published | $16.28 – $16.28 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | not published | $62.32 – $62.32 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | not published | $22.73 – $22.73 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | Olympia | not published | $69.72 – $69.72 |
| MultiCare Valley Hospital | Spokane Valley | not published | $6.09 – $58.83 |